The NBA has fined the Brooklyn Nets coach, Jason Kidd, $50,000 for intentionally spilling a drink on the court to delay a game.

Kidd bumped into Brooklyn reserve Tyshawn Taylor with 8.3 seconds left in the Nets' 99-94 defeat to the LA Lakers on Wednesday, causing his drink to spill. A video of the incident showed Kidd appearing to tell Taylor to "hit me" as the guard walked toward the bench, and the resulting delay while the floor was being cleaned allowed the Nets, who were out of timeouts, to formulate a plan for the final few seconds.

The delay ultimately made no difference to the result as the Lakers won 99-94 and Kidd later denied suggestions he had deliberately spilled the drink.

"Cup slipped out of my hand while I was getting Ty," Kidd told reporters. "Sweaty palms. I was never good with the ball.

"In the heat of the battle, you're trying to get guys in and out of the game, and the cup fell out of my hand."